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Calcutta: Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan were back in top 20 of LG ICC ODI rankings following their impressive performances in India’s 2-1 series win over South Africa.
The dashing left-hander scored an unbeaten 49 to help India level the three-match series against South Africa and then stroked a masterful 59 not out on Sunday to enable the side clinch the series.
These stellar performances have moved Yuvraj up two places to 19th position in ODI batsmen’s rankings, according to an ICC release.
Having missed the opening game against Ireland, Zaheer took three wickets in as many games against South Africa. This has helped him rise two places to 20th in bowlers rankings.
ODI RANKINGS
TEAMS — 1. Australia (130 points), 2. South Africa (124), 3. New Zealand (113), 4. Pakistan (111), 5. Sri Lanka (110), 6. India (109), 7. England (105), 8. West Indies (98), 9. Bangladesh (45), 10. Ireland (27).
BATSMEN — 1. Kevin Pietersen (Eng; 823 points), 2. Ricky Ponting (Aus; 799), 3. Mike Hussey (Aus; 766), 4. Matthew Hayden (Aus; 746), 5. Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI; 742), 6. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind; 736), 7. Adam Gilchrist (Aus; 729), 8. Michael Clarke (Aus; 728), 9. Andrew Symonds (Aus; 726), 10. Graeme Smith (SA; 725).
BOWLERS — 1. Shaun Pollock (SA; 894), 2. Nathan Bracken (Aus; 794), 3. Shane Bond (NZ; 790), 4. Chaminda Vaas (SL; 753), 5. Muttiah Muralidharan (SL; 741), 6. Makhaya Ntini (SA; 705), 7. Daniel Vettori (NZ; 697), 8. Brett Lee (Aus; 686), 9. Abdur Razzaq (Ban; 673), 10. Andre Nel (SA; 664).
ALLROUNDERS — 1. Shaun Pollock (SA; 496), 2. Jacques Kallis (SA; 379), 3. Chris Gayle (WI; 373), 4. Andrew Flintoff (Eng; 370), 5. Sanath Jayasuriya (SL; 341).
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